IS 1904 : 2021
General requirements for design and construction of foundations in soils — Code of practice (fourth revision)
Current edition: 2021
Sectional committee: CED 43 · BIS department: Civil Engineering (CED)
What this standard covers
This standard covers the general requirements for design and construction of all types of foundations (shallow, deep and special types).
Scope, quoted from IS 1904 : 2021. Read the full standard
How the standard is organised
- 4 TYPES OF FOUNDATIONS
- 5 GROUND
- 6 SITE INVESTIGATION
- 7 DEPTH OF FOUNDATION
- 8 FOUNDATIONS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS
- 9 EFFECT OF SEASONAL
- 10 EFFECT OF MASS MOVEMENTS OF GROUND IN UNSTABLE AREAS
- 11 PRECAUTIONS FOR FOUNDATIONS ON INCLINED STRATA
- 12 STRATA OF VARYING THICKNESS
- 13 LAYERS OF SOFTER MATERIAL
- 14 SPACING BETWEEN EXISTING AND NEW
- 15 LOADS ON FOUNDATIONS
- 16 SETTLEMENT OF FOUNDATION
- 17 STABILITY AGAINST SLIDING AND OVERTURNING
- 18 BEARING CAPACITY
- 19 PRELIMINARY
- 20 PROTECTION OF EXCAVATION
Edition history (per the BIS registry)
- IS 1904 : 2021 — current edition (last reviewed by BIS 2026-03-09)
- IS 1904 : 1986 — withdrawn by BIS
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- Generated 2026-07-27.